Battle of Hooge

The Battle of Hooge (21 June 1918) was a battle of World War I that occurred when the Imperial German Army launched an offensive against Allied forces at the Ypres salient of Flanders, Belgium, in an attempt to break the deadlock that had set in since 1917. The Germans faced predominantly American forces, including a US Army regiment and a US Marine Corps regiment, and they were able to mow the Americans down as they advanced across no man's land. The Germans then flanked the Allies from the right, managing to assault their trenches and seize their fortified frontline trench. The Allies were pushed back, but fighting would continue in the area until the war's end in November.